Catch of the day
At 8 o'clock yesterday morning, Lauriston Reid, a veteran fisherman from Kingston, was standing alone along the Palisadoes main road with his fishing line in the waters of the Kingston Harbour. It was a slow morning, not a bite since dawn.

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Courtroom drama - Police Inspector 'adjourns' court - Judge left on the bench
Drug mule dies at Kingston Public Hospital (KPH)
Fire leaves 10 homeless
National Youth Service sets new agenda

Parliament expansion a step closer
A Joint committee of the Houses of Parliament has agreed to acquire lands in the vicinity of Gordon House on Duke Street to facilitate the planned expansion of the current building. The decision was made yesterday during the committee meeting set up...

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St Ann man loses appeal, gets life for killing nurse
Three held in connection with St James triple murder
Man interrogated for Anglican priest's murder

US Airways makes US$8b bid for Delta
NEW YORK, United States (Reuters): United States Airways Group Inc proposed a US$8 billion takeover of bankrupt Delta Air Lines Inc yesterday after an attempt at merger talks failed earlier this fall.

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Steady inflation darkens prospect of higher UK rates

Jamaica Open swings into action today
AFTER A nine-year break, the Jamaica Open Golf Championship returns to the national sporting stage today at the Caymanas Golf and Country Club in St. Catherine. Sixteen local and overseas-based professional players will chase the first-place...

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FROM THE BOUNDARY - The same old story
Germany foiled by Cyprus
Rooney breaks goal drought
Nadal keeps hopes alive at Masters
Doping appeals adjourned until November 20

EDITORIAL - Prescription for the NAJ/MAJ oversight
There is a developing but still fuzzy quarrel between nurses and doctors over a regime for prescribing medication, which nonetheless is well worth airing. It is not quite clear what it is that the Nurses Association of Jamaica is demanding...

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Jamaica College past and present
Ballot by bullet
US elections and Mideast politics

LETTER OF THE DAY - Portrait of 'society in decay'?
The Editor, Sir: The University of the West Indies, being my university of choice, exposed me to the reality that my island Jamaica ranks as one of the most rigidly socially stratified countries in the English-speaking Caribbean.

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Rehabilitation
Urgent plea to the KSAC
Poor school management

Icon for sale
A piece of reggae history will step on to the cyberspace auction block when Peter Tosh's 1970's Fender Stratocaster M16 guitar is auctioned by the Flashpoint Film Festival. The guitar, specially commissioned by Tosh in 1983...

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Michael 'cheques' in

Jamaica to get increased aid from EU
Jamaica is to receive an additional one million euros in aid from the European Union next year under the special assistance programme for African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries that have been affected by changes to its sugar policy.

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'Government should give incentives to sugar cane investors'
Pimento farming still weak in 'St Bess'

Restaurant Week is the buzz
For 15 years, Restaurant Week helped establish New York City as the premier destination for dining. Deemed a 'marquis event for discriminating diners', New York now even has a Restaurant Week Hall of Fame with inductees from Aquavit...

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Culinary mêlée at IPP bazaar
Snow appeals to the most discerning - Response to Food Story
Simple rules of 'etiquette'

PAKISTAN: Parliament resumes debate on controversial rape law
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP): Pakistan's parliament yesterday resumed debate on a bill to change controversial Islamic rape laws that human rights groups want to have repealed. Parliamentary discussion on the Protection of Women Bill...

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INDONESIA: Suspected Muslim militant apologises for beheadings of Christian girls
KENYA: Cutting emissions less costly than facing global warming - Annan
UNITED KINGDOM - Terrorism, climate change threats top Blair's agenda

Drinks of the season
Champagne - Champagne is a pale gold wine that is produced by blending together white table wines from selected varieties of grapes and made effervescent by a second fermentation by special 'champagne' yeast in the presence of some added sugar.

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Brewing beer
From juice to rum
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